Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-30
TINE RAHkR0AD HNQU1RY.
Pennsylvania Railroad Officials Re,
fore the Subcommittee.

In was nearly IL O'Clock to-day when quite a
delegation q Pennsylvania railroad officials ar
lived at the Senate District committee room to
submit . prvposftioa fnum the Baltimore and Pc
tomac railroad to the subcommittee on steam and
street railroads The ofncials OF the road present
wsre: George B. Roberts, president; Charles Z.
PuSh, general manager; II. F. Kenny, general
superintendent OF the p. W. and B. system; Mr..
FeSdpanche, engineer q the p. ". and B. road;
Vice-President Green, OF the Pennsylvania rail-
rad; ". H. Brown, chief engineer; and r. d.
Barclay, counsel OF the Pennsylvania. The rail-
road ofhcials were received and the committee
subcommittee, 30 Is TO exclude everybody but the
members OF the subcommittee. the clerk, the
Ae00gnPAeD and the railroad representatives
In reply 70 questions OF STAR reporter put to
some Of the railroad ofices before the hearing,
they saio that their company Is opposed to q union
fhe subcommittee called President Roberts. at
tention 70 Two points upon which information
was wanted Flrsf, they wantadt0 hear from him,
as the representative Of the Pennsylvania Com:
Pany, 10 regard 70 union passenger depot, and
IFS proper location. and second, they wanted to
know how ne would propose 20 keep freight cars
ss s As 70 the uOD aep t
cus.os Il Govesnmens rsservaIi Hs there is no
dsos tor Both the fa IL Unless they
should should e way out to the city limits. He con:
gecs ~ ouxAt W tAAJ ~ ID Ia tuC UCSo
location Tor the pubic convenience and ought not
70 be removed. Mr.. Roberts submitted reasons
why passenger depot should be near the center
OF ClLy' and said his company had just ex-
pendeo 100000 to establish a passenger
depot IN Philadelphia located centrally, Just
as me baitimore and Potomac depot is here. He
sal0 tnat the Baltimore and Ohio reaches the
southern section OF the ciyit must have its tracks
70 the Long Bridge to connect with the South, and
u would De much better 70 have two passenger de-
POS IN tisat the southern) portion OF the city
IMAM 10 attempt TO crowd all the business into one
seatlon He declared the entire willingness OF his
company 10 remove all the tracks from 9Th street,
SAYING mat they can be run from Virginia avenue
west OF 9TH street to the passenger depot Of
Ine baitimore and Potomac road. He
aode9 mat the company would be willing to erect
nlgn wall on each side or these tracks and have
the wall 0rnamented, covered with vines, &C., and
MAKE tne entire aspect pleasing to the eye.
IN regard to freight trains In the streets
ne admitted that the streets are so
occupied. and that It constitutes gr1evous an
noyance TO the citizens But he said that 1t Is not
Ine lalit OF the company; that is bought square
NO. $f3 Tor the express purpose of making freight
YARD ana relieving the streets but permission to
run tracks 70 the square could not be obtained
ne adoed mat the company Is willing TO buy all
the ground necessary for adequate xreight accom-
modailo0s and TO make all the expenditure re-
CURED 10 relieve the streets authority to lay the
tfackS 50 as 10 utilize the ground can be had.